Theme Week Cornwall – Bude

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Beach and canal © Scott14/cc-by-sa-3.0

Beach and canal © Scott14/cc-by-sa-3.0

Bude is a small seaside resort town in north Cornwall, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet (also known locally as the River Strat). It was formerly sometimes known as Bude Haven. It lies southwest of Stratton, south of Flexbury and Poughill, and north of Widemouth Bay and is located along the A3073 road off the A39. Bude’s coast faces Bude Bay in the Celtic Sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Its earlier importance was as a harbour, and then a source of sea sand useful for improving the moorland soil. In the latter part of Queen Victoria‘s reign, the middle classes were discovering the attractions of sea bathing, and the romantic movement encouraged an appreciation of wild scenery and the Arthurian Legend. To serve this desire, a railway line was extended to Bude in 1898.

Harbour and Boatyard © geograph.org.uk - Jimmy Reeves/cc-by-sa-2.0 Bridge over River Neet © Manfred Heyde/cc-by-sa-3.0 Bude outer harbour © Afterbrunel Bude castle © geograph.org.uk - Steve Daniels/cc-by-sa-2.0 The Falcon Hotel and the Bude canal basin © geograph.org.uk - Jonathan Billinger/cc-by-sa-2.0 Beach and canal © Scott14/cc-by-sa-3.0
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The Falcon Hotel and the Bude canal basin © geograph.org.uk - Jonathan Billinger/cc-by-sa-2.0
In the 18th century there was a small unprotected tidal harbour at Bude, but it was difficult whenever the sea was up. The Bude Canal Company built a canal and improved the harbour. Around twenty small boats use the tidal moorings of the original harbour during the summer months. Most are sport fishermen, but there is also some small-scale, semi-commercial, fishing for crab and lobster.

There is a wharf on the Bude Canal about half a mile from the sea lock that links the canal to the tidal haven. This can be opened only at or near high tide, and then only when sea conditions allow. North Cornwall District Council administered the canal, harbour and lock gates until its abolition in March 2009. These gates were renewed after the originals were damaged in a storm in 2008. They are the only manually operated sea lock gates in England. The pier head by the locks is a Grade II listed structure.

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